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Life expectancy has increased steadily in The Netherlands over the past 50 years. This
trend has had a considerable impact on society. It is important for pension funds and life
insurers to have a continuous insight into this development, if they are to keep promises
made.
The Royal Dutch Actuarial Association (Koninklijk Actuarieel Genootschap or ‘AG’) considers
it its role to provide the financial sector with an opinion with regard to these
developments with the aid of Projections tables. The latest Projections Life Table AG2018 is
based on the same model that the Projections Life Table AG2016 was based upon. It is a
fully transparent model with a limited number of parameters, making it easy to explain
and exactly reproducible. This complies with AG’s aim to make knowledge available to and
applicable by the financial sector.
In this publication the AG Mortality Research Committee (Commissie Sterfte Onderzoek or
‘CSO’) describes the development and the outcomes of the Projections Life Table AG2018.
As chairman of AG I owe a large debt of gratitude to the members of the CSO and to the
members of the Projections Life Tables Working Group for all the good work that they have
done.
On behalf of the Board of the Royal Dutch Actuarial Association,
drs. Ron van Oijen AAG
Chairman
Projection Table AG2018
Preface
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JUSTIFICATION
Mortality Research Committee
Monitoring the development of mortality in the Netherlands and developing projections of
this has traditionally been an important task of the Royal Dutch Actuarial Association. An
expression of this is the long series of period and projections life tables the Association
has published. In 2011, the Board of the Association set up the Mortality Research
Committee and assigned it the task of publishing a new Projections table every two years,
which was to serve as the basis for estimating the future life expectancy of the population
of the Netherlands. In 2014, a model was implemented which, in addition to the
mortality projections, also reflects the uncertainty in this model (a so-called stochastic
model). This resulted in the publication of Projections Life Table AG20141. Projections Life
Table AG2016 is based on the same model as Projections Life Table AG2014, with a
number of changes to the data used and the method of estimation. In particular, the
correlation between the development of mortality amongst men and women was
modelled. After the publication of Projections Life Table AG2016 a number of aspects have
undergone further research, but this has not led to any model adjustments.
The committee consists of members with an academic background, members from the
pensions and insurance sector with a technical background and members from these
sectors with a managerial background. Mid 2018, the Mortality Research Committee
consists of the following members:
B.L. de Boer AAG, chair
drs. C.A.M. van Iersel AAG CERA, secretary
prof. dr. B. Melenberg
drs. J. de Mik CFA AAG
dr. H.J. Plat AAG RBA
drs. E.J. Slagter FRM
prof. dr. ir. M.H. Vellekoop
ir. R.E.J.M. Waucomont AAG
ir. drs. M.R. van der Winden AAG MBA
AG Projections Life Tables Working Group
The Mortality Research Committee set up the Association’s Projections Life Tables Working
Group at the end of 2012 with the task of supporting the Committee in the development
of projection tables. Mid 2018, the Working Group consists of the following members:
W.G. Ouburg MSc AAG FRM (chair)
F. van Berkum PhD
drs. K.K. Keijzer AAG
M.J.A. Klein MSc AAG
ir. drs. J.H. Tornij
W. van Wel MSc
M. van der Werf MSc AAG
M.A. van Wijk MSc AAG
K. Wittekoek MSc
1 – Prognosetafel
AG2014 of
9 september 2014.
Projection Table AG2018
In performing its task, the Working Group has carried out various analyses to obtain
Projections Life Table AG2018. While deepening the Working Group’s insights, these
analyses have not yielded any model adjustments. The CSO has validated the Projections
Life Table as set by the Working Group.
Justification
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1 Preface –3
2 Justification –5
3 Contents –7
4 Summary –8
5 Introduction Projections Life Table AG2018 –10
5.1 Why does AG develop a projection model for mortality probabilities? – 10
5.2 How does the model work? – 10
5.3 What happened since the release of Projections Life Table AG2016? – 11
5.4 Definitions of life expectancy – 11
5.5 Publication of Projections Life Tables on the AG website – 11
6 Mortality data and model assumptions –12
6.1 Dutch and European mortality – 12
6.2 Model assumptions – 15
6.3 Research – 16
6.4 Summary of changes and research Projections Life Table AG2018 – 18
7 Uncertainty –19
7.1 Parameter uncertainty – 19
7.2 The effect of the choice of model – 20
7.3 Alternative parameterisation of the model – 21
7.4 Consistency over time – 21
8 Results –22
8.1 Observations with respect to Projections Life Table AG2016 – 22
8.2 From AG2016 to AG2018 – 23
8.3 Future cohort life expectancy – 24
8.4 Projections in perspective – 24
8.5 Link between life expectancy at age 65 and 1st and 2nd tier retirement age– 25
8.6 Effects on provisions – 27
9 Applications of the model –29
9.1 Simulations for life expectancy – 30
9.2 Simulations for obligations – 31
9.3 Simulations for life expectancy over a one-year horizon – 33
9.4 Simulations for the best estimate over a one-year horizon – 35
10 Appendices –37
Appendix A - Projection model AG2018 - Technical description – 38
Appendix B – Model portfolio – 47
Appendix C – Literature and data used – 49
Appendix D – Glossary – 51
Projection Table AG2018
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By publishing Projections Life Table AG2018 AG presents its most recent estimation of
future mortality of the Dutch population to date. This estimation is based on mortality
data from both The Netherlands and European countries of similar prosperity. Projections
Life Table AG2018 replaces Projections Life Table AG2016.
The most important features of the Projections Life Table AG2018 are:
• It is based on a stochastic model, enabling pension funds and life insurers to also
estimate the uncertainty around the forecast. This is essential in pricing financial
derivatives and in setting buffers to be held in connection with mortality uncertainty.
• In addition to historical mortality in The Netherlands, Projections Life Table AG2018
also uses mortality data from selected European countries with similar prosperity
levels. This combination of data leads to a stable model less sensitive to random
aberrations in the Dutch data for any one year.
• Projections Life Table AG2018 can be used to estimate mortality levels far into the
future. Expected future developments in mortality can be factored into calculations of
life expectancy and provisions.
The model specifications being unchanged, the changes of Projections Life Table AG2018
as compared to Projections Life Table AG2016 are caused solely by the addition of new
mortality data from The Netherlands and Europe. Most notably for higher age groups, the
past two years have shown higher mortality than expected based on Projections Life Table
AG2016. This explains the drop in the expected life expectancy increase based on AG2018
in comparison with AG2016.
Life expectancy at birth in 2019
Period life expectancy
Cohort life expectancy based on AG2016
Cohort life expectancy based on AG2018
Decrement
Table 4.1 Life expectancy at birth
The conclusion is that the Dutch are still reaching higher ages, but that the expected
increase has fallen in comparison with Projections Life Table AG2016. Based on the latest
insights the life expectancy of a girl born in 2019 is 92.5 years and of a boy born in 2019
Projection Table AG2018
Summary
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Male
80.6
90.4
90.0
0.4
Female
83.9
93.3
92.5
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expected future mortality developments. It is expected that the life expectancy of boys
and girls born in 50 years’ time will have increased by a further 4 years. The decrease in
life expectancy as shown in table 4.1 is within acceptable statistical boundaries of
Projections Life Table AG2016 and is not extreme.
The fact that the Dutch are reaching ever-higher ages also shows in table 4.2
Life expectancy in 2019 based on Projections Life Table AG2018
Age 0
Age 65
Difference
Table 4.2 Cohort life expectancy for the ages 0 and 65 based on AG2018
Male
90.0
85.3
4.7
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92.5
88.1
4.4
The expectation is that a boy, now aged 0, will live 4.7 years longer than a man now aged
65. For women the difference is 4.4 years.
Pension funds and insurance companies may use Projections Life Table AG2018 to set and
validate their technical provisions and premium rates. The effects will vary across
portfolios. In particular, the ages and genders of the members will determine the effects
for a portfolio. As a general statement, at 3% interest rate for a predominantly male
portfolio, technical provisions will decrease about 0.9% and for a predominantly female
portfolio, technical provisions will decrease about 1.2%. At an aggregated level,
Projections Life Table AG2018 is lighter than Projections Life Table AG2016 in terms of
provisions.
If Projections Life Table AG2018 were to be used for the upcoming determination (end of
2018) of the State Pension retirement age in the year 2024, then, according to current
legislation, the State Pension retirement age would be unchanged at 67 years and 3
months in 2024, but would rise in subsequent years to 68 years in 2029.
Projection Table AG2018
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INTRODUCTION PROJECTIONS
LIFE TABLE AG2018
Through the publication of Projections Life Table AG2018, AG presents an assessment
of the expected development of survival rates and life expectancy in The
Netherlands. This assessment is based on the most recent mortality data from The
Netherlands and from European countries of similar prosperity. The result is a
forecast of mortality probabilities by age for each future year for men and women.
This introduction describes why and for whom the forecast is made, how the model
works and what activities were performed since the release of Projections Life Table
AG2016.
5.1 Why does AG develop a projection model for mortality
probabilities?
Every two years AG publishes a projection model to forecast the development of mortality
rates in the Dutch population. This model is relevant to pension funds and life insurance
companies. A projection model is required for the determination of the provisions held by
pension funds and insurers. Pension benefits, for example, are paid as long as a member
or insured person lives and therefore it is important to know how long this person is
expected to survive.
AG combines expertise from science and the pensions and insurance industry to develop
this mortality forecast. The AG model is fully transparent: based on the model
documentation and the data used, the model can be copied and its results reproduced. AG
has developed this model for the whole industry and it therefore contributes to market
uniformity.
5.2 How does the model work?
Since the publication of Projections Life Table AG2014, the projections have been based on
a stochastic model. This makes it possible to give an impression of the uncertainty in the
development of life expectancy.
Firstly, the model projects forward European mortality in countries with a prosperity level
similar to Dutch prosperity. This is done by continuing European trends from the past into
the future. Then a projection is made of the difference between this European mortality
and mortality in The Netherlands. By including European trends a large amount of data
becomes available. This leads to a stable forecast of future life expectancy.
In the approach taken, the current view is, that life expectancy will continue to rise. The
evolution of life expectancy is the balance of all (positive and negative) circumstances that
impact life expectancy. We take into consideration that at any time new developments
may occur that will bring about a further increase in life expectancy. This may relate to,
for instance, medical or technological developments or developments related to lifestyle
and environment. Mortality developments observed in the past also had multiple causes,
such as changes in smoking behaviour, improvements in the treatment and prevention of
cardiovascular diseases and an increased regard for a healthy lifestyle.
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AG2016?
The model has not changed: no alterations have been made in the model specification.
The changes in the forecast AG2018 versus AG2016 are caused solely by adding mortality
data of the two most recent years to the data set underlying Projections Life Table AG2016
and moving up the start year from 2016 to 2018. Research was done into some of the
assumptions. This research is further discussed in chapter 6.
5.4 Definitions of life expectancy
A classic definition of life expectancy is the so-called period life expectancy. This period
life expectancy is based on mortality probabilities in a certain period, such as one
calendar year, and assumes that mortality probabilities will be constant in the future. In
period life expectancy current mortality rates are used for mortality rates needed one or
two years from now. So period life expectancy does not allow for expected future
developments in the mortality probabilities. This definition is commonly used to compare
developments over time, but must never be used to estimate how long people are
expected to live.
The second definition however, the cohort life expectancy, does take on board expected
future mortality developments. When calculating cohort life expectancy at birth, mortality
probabilities are required for a new-born, a one-year-old a year from now, a two-yearold
two years from now and so on. In cohort life expectancy, for probabilities you need in
one and two years’ time, you use mortality probabilities projected one and two years into
the future. So cohort life expectancy is based on expected developments in mortality
probabilities in future calendar years. To evaluate cohort life expectancy you need a
forward projection of mortality probabilities.
In case of an expected decrease in mortality probabilities, cohort life expectancy is
therefore higher than period life expectancy. In this publication, wherever the term ‘life
expectancy’ is used, cohort life expectancy is intended. Where needed, the intended
definition of life expectancy is explicitly specified.
At the moment, period life expectancy is 80.6 years for men and 83.9 years for women.
Cohort life expectancy is 90 years for men and 92.5 years for women, if the forward
projection of mortality probabilities is based on Projections Life Table AG2018. Cohort life
expectancy is higher because we expect mortality probabilities to drop in the future.
The State Pension retirement age is determined on the basis of a forecast by Statistics
Netherlands (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek or ‘CBS’). According to the most recent
insights within AG, using its own model and the most recent available data, the
expectation is that the State Pension retirement age will be 68 years in 2029. That is one
year sooner than can be derived from the most recent CBS forecast (2030).
5.5 Publication of Projections Life Tables on the AG website
AG published Projections Life Table AG2018, including the technical specifications of the
projection model, on its website. Refer to
www.ag-ai.nl/ActuarieelGenootschap/Publicaties. Also listed there are Excel files with the
data sets that can be used to reproduce the estimations of the model’s parameters.
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MORTALITY DATA AND MODEL
ASSUMPTIONS
6.1 Dutch and European mortality
The current Projection model AG2018 is equal to Projection model AG2016. This implies
that, additional to mortality in The Netherlands, data is used on the mortality
developments in a number of other European countries. Since 1970 a decrease in the
differences in mortality probabilities between these European countries is clearly
discernable. Also, the period life expectancies in these countries have shown similar
upward trends for decades. Please refer to graphs 6.1 and 6.2 for representations of this.
In view of these clear similarities the choice was made to partly base the Dutch projections
on developments in these European countries. This prevents the forecast from depending
only on Dutch data, in which specific fluctuations may have occurred in the past that may
not be relevant to future developments. The thought is that the long term increase in life
expectancy in The Netherlands can be predicted more precisely by including a broader
European population, because it strongly increases the number of observations: from over
100,000 deaths annually in The Netherlands to over 2,000,000 deaths per year for the
included European countries. This makes the model more robust. The expectation is that
subsequent projections are more stable than they would be if only Dutch data were used.
European mortality data
The projection model uses European mortality data from countries with an above-average
Gross Domestic Product (GDP). GDP is seen as a measure for a country’s prosperity. A
positive correlation exists between prosperity and ageing: the higher the prosperity level,
the older people get. The Netherlands is a high prosperity country with a GDP above the
European average. Based on this criterion, the following European countries have been
included: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Ireland, Iceland, Luxembourg,
Norway, Austria, United Kingdom, Sweden and Switzerland. In this publication the
aforementioned countries together are referred to as “Europe” or “Western Europe”.
Data range
Since 1970 a stable development can be seen in mortality probabilities for both men and
women (see also graphs 6.1 and 6.2). For modelling, data is used from the observation
period 1970 through 2016. For The Netherlands the most recent 2017 mortality
probabilities are available and hence added. By selecting this timeframe historical data
from a 47 year long period is used.
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Mortality data and model assumptions
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new-born males
Period life expectancy at birth females
65
70
75
80
85
90
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Belgium Denmark
France
Netherlands
Sweden
Ireland
Norway
Switzerland
Graph 6.2 Convergence of period life expectancies in a number of European countries,
new-born females
Compared to Projections Life Table AG2016 two years of data are added to the data set. For
The Netherlands this means mortality probabilities from the years 2016 and 2017. In
graphs 6.3 and 6.4 these observed mortality probabilities in The Netherlands are
compared to the mortality probabilities expected before, based on Projections Life Table
AG2016. The horizontal line at level 1 represents AG’s expectations based on Projections
Life Table AG2016. Where the number of deaths exceeds expectation the observed value is
above this line. In case of lower mortality the mortality probabilities are under this line.
The bars in the bar chart represent actual death frequencies per age in the years 2016 and
2017. As the numbers of deaths are lower for younger ages, we see higher volatility in the
results there.
Projection Table AG2018
Mortality data and model assumptions
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Iceland
Austria
Finland
Luxembourg
United Kingdom
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Observed/expected mortality 2017
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Observed/expected mortality 2017
Graph 6.4 Observed mortality divided by expected mortality based on AG2016,
females
Graph 6.3 shows that for males the observed mortality probabilities between ages 65 and
85 are lower than expected based on Projections Life Table AG2016. Over age 85 they are
higher than expected. For females there is higher than expected mortality upwards of age
60, see graph 6.4. The higher mortality is the result of, among other causes, more
influenza fatalities. During the 2016/2017 influenza season almost 8,000 more people
died than expected (Teirlinck et al., 2017). It is likely that this ‘excess mortality’ is related
to influenza2.
2 – https://www.
volksgezondheidenzorg.
info/onderwerp/
influenza/cijferscontext/sterfte#nodesterfte-3
3
– https://www.
cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/
2018/07/meersterfgevallen-inwintermaanden
Projection
Table AG2018
The higher than average influenza related mortality in recent years does not occur in The
Netherlands only, it is the same in other European countries as well3. A strong increase or
decrease in mortality in The Netherlands quite often coincides with a strong increase or
decrease in other European countries. This is demonstrated in the bar chart in diagram
6.1. Represented in it are death frequencies in The Netherlands and in Europe. It shows
that for men mortality in the years 2015 and 2016 for ages over 65 exceeded mortality in
previous years. For women this effect is evident mainly in The Netherlands.
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2012 – 2016.
Data sources
The data was obtained from the Human Mortality Database (HMD), supplemented with
data from Eurostat for years and countries missing in HMD. The 2017 data for The
Netherlands was obtained from CBS. The Eurostat data were adapted as required to insure
consistency with HMD. This applies to the 2016 mortality probabilities for the overseas
territories of France, see appendix C.
The information from these sources is regularly supplemented and sometimes also
adjusted retroactively for prior years. The data set used, in the shape of mortality
frequencies and exposure for both The Netherlands and the complete group of Western
European countries can be found on the AG website and totals more than 100 million
deaths.
6.2 Model assumptions
Fundamentals of model
• The long term development of the Dutch life expectancy is based on the observed
development of life expectancy in European countries with a GDP above the European
average;
• No separate cohort effects (such as the effects of smoking behaviour) are included, as
this would considerably increase the complexity of the model;
• For high ages mortality probabilities are extrapolated using Kannisto’s method;
• Only data from the public domain has been used.
The Projection model AG2016 was used, only adding two years’ observations.
The Projection model AG2018 is a multi population mortality model as proposed by Lee an
Li with a two tier approach to the estimation of the required parameters (see appendix A).
In this approach the European trend is estimated by gender with the Lee-Carter model.
Subsequently the Lee-Carter mortality model is used again to represent the deviations of
The Netherlands from the common trend. By combining data from different, but similar
countries the model becomes robust with more stable trends and a lower sensitivity to the
calibration period used. Moreover, we explicitly consider the fact that we can never
exactly observe mortality probabilities; we only have mortality frequencies at our disposal.
This implies a certain ‘measurement noise’, also referred to as ‘Poisson noise’ in
connection with the distribution we assume for the observed number of deaths.
Projection Table AG2018
Mortality data and model assumptions
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processes:
a) the development of mortality in Europe for males;
b) the development of the deviation of Dutch mortality from Europe, for males;
c) the development of mortality in Europe for females;
d) the development of the deviation of Dutch mortality from Europe, for females;
For the European developments a) and c) a random walk with drift model is used. For the
Dutch deviations b) and d) a first order autoregressive process without constant term is
used. This means that the Dutch mortality development is expected to follow the European
trend over time. The four processes are estimated jointly so as to also estimate the
correlations between the various processes.
For European mortality, data is available up to and including 2016. For Dutch mortality,
data is available up to and including 2017. To estimate the four stochastic processes
jointly all processes must be based on the same period of data history. Because 2017 data
is only available for The Netherlands, the European development for 2017 is determined
by extrapolation of the data until 2016 (see appendix A).
The correlations between the four different quantities are shown in diagram 6.2.
European
males
-0.27
(AG2016: 0.45)
0.45
Dutch
deviation
males
0.54
0.93
0.40
-0.23
(AG2016: -0.21)
European
females
Dutch
deviation
females
Diagram 6.2 Mutual correlations between development of European mortality and
development of Dutch deviation, males and females
For ages over 90 there are relatively few observations. This may lead to fluctuations in the
estimations of mortality probabilities. Therefore the mortality tables are ‘closed’. This
means that the mortality probabilities for high ages are determined by means of an
extrapolation method. As with Projections Life Table AG2016, the method of Kannisto was
selected for Projections Life Table AG2018.
Appendix A provides a comprehensive specification of the stochastic model used, including
the model estimation method. In combination with the data set made available through
the AG website, Projections Life Table AG2018 can be reconstructed exactly.
Projection Table AG2018
Mortality data and model assumptions
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6.3.1 Smoothing the time series
The latest fitted values from the historical time series (see a) to d) in the previous
paragraph) are the starting point for the estimations of the European trend and the Dutch
deviation from it. A change in the starting point for the European trend is particularly
determinative for the projections table.
For insurers and pension funds the impact of an update to the projections table can be
significant. The purpose of smoothing is to prevent unnecessary fluctuations in the
provisions year on year.
Smoothing time series makes sense if adjustments in the projections can be seen to have
alternating signs year on year. This would imply that a rise in one year is often followed by
a drop in the next year and vice versa. A risk of smoothing is that a potential trend break
is detected at a later stage.
We have investigated the benefit of smoothing the time series by adding a term to the
specification of the European trend. This so-called moving average term allows for shock
in the time series for a particular year to be correlated with a shock in the previous year.
This can prevent positive shocks in one year being followed by negative shocks in the next
and vice versa. The parameters of this moving average effect turned out to be very close to
zero. Consequently, we elected not to complicate the model unnecessarily.
Other smoothing mechanisms are statistically less tenable. Moreover, additional subjective
choices would need to be made. CSO has elected not to implement this in Projections Life
Table AG2018.
6.3.2 Sensitivities of the model to changes in the input
The sensitivities of the model have been plotted by calculating the consequences of
potential changes in the input, such as the impact of new mortality data, the country
selection and the length of the data set used. These analyses do not give rise to changes
in the choices made before.
Sensitivity of the model to changes in the input – country selection
It turns out that the results of the model are dominated by the three large countries:
Germany, France and the United Kingdom. Removing or adding other countries has only a
limited effect on the results.
Sensitivity of the model to changes in the input – starting year 1970
The starting year 1970 was kept. The reasons are:
1. Mortality data from all countries included in the modelling are available as of 1970;
2. For males, there appears to be a trend break around 1970; mortality drops quicker
because men stop smoking. For women this effect only becomes apparent at a later
moment;
3. Males and females are estimated jointly, including correlations between the two.
Therefore the same observation period must be used for both men and women;
4. With starting year 1970, 47 observation years are available. Postponing the starting
year reduces the volume of available data.
Projection Table AG2018
Mortality data and model assumptions
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Data set from countries with a GDP above
the European average.
Data set Europe until 2014,
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Data set The Netherlands until 2015.
All possible correlations between Europe
and Dutch deviation and between males
and females.
Projections Life Table AG2018
No change.
Data set Europe until 2016,
extrapolated to 2017.
Data set The Netherlands until 2017.
No change in system, correlation values
do change.
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Mortality data and model assumptions
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7 UNCERTAINTY
The projection model presented in this publication is based on mortality data from
the past. Trends observed in the historical data are extended into the future in the
best possible way. The future being uncertain, the values that will be found for the
actual mortality rates in the Netherlands will deviate from the best possible
estimations at this moment in time. AG elects to explicitly chart this uncertainty too.
The model equations in Appendix A invite users to not only apply a fixed projections
table. Actuaries can use them to generate stochastic scenarios by simulation. That
yields a collection of possible future mortality probability scenarios, similar to
scenarios produced for future interest rate curves and investment yields.
There are other forms of uncertainty as well. The parameters in the projection model are
estimated from observed deaths, which constitute a limited sample. That implies that
there is also uncertainty in the projection model’s estimated parameters. Below, besides
this ‘parameter risk’, we also discuss the uncertainty about the validity of the chosen
model, the so-called ‘model risk’.
7.1 Parameter uncertainty
We assume that the number of deaths follows a Poisson distribution with a mean
depending on the modelled trend. The observed numbers of deaths constitute a sample
from that distribution. This raises the question what the effect on the estimated
parameters is of the limited sample size. Through Eurostat, the HMD and CBS we possess
reliable data on the numbers of deaths in the past. As the parameters are based on a
multitude of observations over multiple years from both The Netherlands and the rest of
Europe, the estimation is far less uncertain than if only a smaller population would have
been used. Nonetheless, it is advisable to analyse the effect of using a sample.
The statistical method that can be used for this, the bootstrap, is based on a so-called
resampling technique. In this method, myriad possible numbers of deaths are simulated
for a given set of parameters from the corresponding Poisson distribution. For each of
these samples the parameters are recorded that would be found if that sample had been
used to calibrate the model. This provides an insight into the uncertainty of the parameter
values found. If roughly the same parameter values are found in each of the possible
samples, the effect of the sample on the parameters is small. If, on the other hand, a
large variation shows in the parameter values generated in this way, then parameter
uncertainty is large.
Table 7.1 shows the results of the bootstrap procedure for 10,000 AG2018 model samples.
For all parameters the 2.5%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 97.5% quantiles are given.
Projection Table AG2018
Uncertainty
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0.79
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0.90
0.07
1.37
0.05
-0.93
0.10
-1.13
Table 7.1 Bootstrap results
Table 7.1 gives an impression of the uncertainty in the parameters describing the time
series for the European trend and the Dutch deviation. Because these values are obtained
via simulations, the results from a new bootstrap could be slightly different. In general the
medians of the bootstrap results are close to the parameter best estimates, but not in all
cases. More specifically, it appears that somewhat lower values are found for parameters
aM and aF, which describe the dynamics of the Dutch deviation from the European trend.
Parameter uncertainty and Poisson noise are not included in the confidence intervals
shown in chapter 9. If they were, the confidence intervals would widen. To determine –
for instance- the 2.5% quantile of the combined uncertainties, one would not use the
2.5% quantile parameter values shown here, as this would result in a value that relates to
the 2.5% times 2.5% equals 0.0625% quantile.
7.2 The effect of the choice of model
Before the transition to a new stochastic model in 2014 the CSO and the working group of
that time compared numerous models. Any model current in actuarial practice and
scientific literature at the time that had a semblance of plausibility was included in this
survey. This has resulted in the current model being chosen.
The current model assumes that the gradual improvements in mortality probabilities
observed in recent decades will continue in the future and that there will not be any
sudden structural breaks in the trends. On the one hand, major successes have been
achieved in the medical field and by our healthier lifestyles, while on the other hand very
many additional lives were unfortunately lost to smoking.
Despite all these major effects we still see a relatively steady pattern in the observed
mortality frequencies. The CSO therefore opted not to explicitly model the structural breaks
in the trends. Doing so would further complicate the model. Moreover, many additional
subjective assumptions would need to be made about future medical and other potential
developments.
At the same time we would point out that our model represents a stochastic scenario
generator. Anyone who wants to add scenarios to the model to include their own
Projection Table AG2018
Uncertainty
20
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-2.20
-2.16
0.91
0.91
1.88
0.15
2.69
1.26
0.18
2.05
0.19
-0.60
0.19
-0.67
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-2.08
-1.99
0.94
0.95
2.23
0.18
3.23
1.47
0.25
2.48
0.27
-0.43
0.24
-0.45
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-1.95
-1.82
0.96
0.97
2.61
0.21
3.85
1.70
0.32
2.95
0.36
-0.28
0.31
-0.25
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-1.70
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0.99
0.99
3.43
0.29
5.12
2.19
0.47
3.96
0.54
0.01
0.44
0.13
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structure. The CSO opts to limit itself to estimations based on data from the public domain
and not to include extreme scenarios that experts are not agreed upon.
7.3 Alternative parameterisation of the model
The model description we give in Appendix A is in line with current actuarial literature. A
unique specification of parameters is forced by demanding that the sum of all fitted K’s
and kappas equals zero and the sum of all fitted B’s and betas equals one (1). Both
choices have evolved historically, although other choices were possible. If one sets not the
average of kappas, but the first kappa to zero, this also yields a unique specification of
parameters, without the need to average a different number of points at each addition of
new data points. That would simplify the comparison of time series over the years. And
setting the squared sum of betas to one instead of the sum would eliminate the
prerequisite of betas being positive.
We would stress that a different choice in these normalisation steps leads to parameter
values that describe the same model results in ‘different coordinates’. To preserve
compliance with existing literature, we have therefore maintained the notation from the
previous publication.
7.4 Consistency over time
If the best estimate forecasts from a model that has been estimated deviate little from the
actuals observed in subsequent years, one would expect the new parameter estimation to
be close to the old parameter values. This desirable property in estimation procedures is
sometimes called consistency over time. In reality, even if the best estimate forecasts come
true exactly, different values will be found for the new parameters. After all, there are
more observations, there are additional assumptions in our model specification (such as
the absence of a constant term in the AR process for the Dutch deviation) and we also
rescale the K and kappa values to set the average back to zero.
Having stated this, the application of the maximum likelihood method implies that we
can expect minor adjustments to parameters if new observations are close to earlier
projections. It is therefore no surprise that the Projections Life Table AG2018 parameter
values are close to the Projections Life Table AG2016 values.
Projection Table AG2018
Uncertainty
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This chapter presents the results of Projections Life Table AG2018. The results are
compared to those of Projections Life Table AG2016. For a number of example funds
the effect on the level of the provisions is evaluated. With the aid of these example
funds it is possible to assess the impact for other pension funds. In addition, the
AG2018 forecast is confronted with historical developments and compared to the
latest forecast by Statistics Netherlands (CBS 2017-2060).
8.1 Observations with respect to Projections Life Table AG2016
The table below shows the AG2016 forecast of life expectancies for the years 2015, 2016
and 2017 and how these relate to the realised life expectancies in these years. Also the
table shows the forecast of life expectancies for 2017 and 2018. In this case, period life
expectancies are used, as these can be compared across observation years.
Males
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Realised
79.7
79.9
80.1
AG2016
79.8
80.0
80.2
AG2018
80.1
80.3
80.4
Table 8.1 Period life expectancy at birth
Males
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Realised
18.2
18.4
18.6
AG2016
18.2
18.4
18.5
AG2018
18.5
18.6
18.8
Table 8.2 Period life expectancy at age 65
The new observations after the release of Projections Life Table AG2016 in general show a
more moderate increase in period life expectancies than was included in Projections Life
Table AG2016.
The following graph shows the development of period life expectancy at birth for the
period until 2050. The graph is based on realised mortality rates until 2017 and AG2018
projections thereafter.
Projection Table AG2018
Results
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Females
Realised
83.1
83.1
83.3
AG2016
83.1
83.3
83.5
AG2018
83.3
83.5
83.6
Females
Realised
20.9
21.0
21.1
AG2016
21.0
21.1
21.3
AG2018
21.2
21.3
21.4
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AG2018 Europe
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Graph 8.1 Period life expectancy in The Netherlands and selected European
countries
Graph 8.1 demonstrates that period life expectancy for Dutch women, as in the previous
projections, is still below life expectancy of women in selected European countries. Life
expectancy of Dutch men on the other hand is, as before, higher than life expectancy of
men in selected European countries.
8.2 From AG2016 to AG2018
To further clarify the differences between the old and the new projections tables,
Projections Life Tables AG2016 and AG2018, cohort life expectancy is used. Cohort life
expectancy includes all future mortality developments. Below the step-by-step impact on
cohort life expectancy for starting year 2019 of each added set of datapoints is shown.
Cohort life expectancy
in 2019
AG2016
Add EU2015
Add NL2016
Add EU2016
Add NL2017
AG2018
At birth
Males
90.4
-0.4
-0.1
0.1
0
90
Table 8.3 Cohort life expectancy in 2019
It is apparent that the addition of year 2015 observations from the European countries in
particular has caused a downward adjustment to the projections. This is demonstrated
clearly in Diagram 6.1 in paragraph 6.1. That diagram shows that the number of deaths in
2015 is higher than in 2014, while in the subsequent year the numbers remained the
same or dropped slightly.
Projection Table AG2018
Results
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Females
93.3
-0.5
-0.2
0
-0.1
92.5
Males
20.4
-0.1
-0.1
0.1
0
20.3
At age 65
Females
23.5
-0.2
-0.1
0
-0.1
23.1
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Projections Life Table AG2018 offers the possibility to calculate future life expectancies.
Table 4 shows future cohort life expectancies in the years 2019, 2044 and 2069.
Year
2019
2044
2069
Males
90.0
92.3
94.0
At birth
Females Difference
92.5
94.6
96.1
2.5
2.3
2.1
Males
20.3
23.2
25.6
Table 8.4 Future cohort life expectancies based on AG2018
The numbers stated here again demonstrate that the model implies that life expectancies
for men and women will continue to rise, slightly faster for men than for women, thus
reducing the gap in life expectancies between the sexes.
8.4 Projections in perspective
Graph 8.2 compares the developments in period life expectancy at birth for AG2016,
AG2108 and CBS2017-2060. It is apparent that the AG2018 trend forecast for Dutch
women converges to the trend forecast for women in selected Western European countries
and that the projections have been adjusted downwards from AG2016. The AG2018
forecast for men shows a similar motion versus AG2016; the trend is close to the trend in
Western European countries, keeping the difference in life expectancy fairy stable through
time.
For men, the CBS2017-2060 forecast shows a life expectancy development almost
identical to AG2018. The life expectancy in 2050 based on CBS2017-206 is slightly higher
than AG2018 for women and slightly lower for men.
90
At age 65
Females Difference
23.1
25.8
28.0
2.8
2.6
2.4
85
Females
80
Males
75
2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050
Graph 8.2 Development of period life expectancy at birth
Graph 8.3 shows the development of period life expectancy at age 65.
The Netherlands
European selection
AG2018 NED
AG2018 Europe
CBS-2017
AG2016
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Graph 8.3 Development of period life expectancy at age 65
The different projections of life expectancy at age 65 for men are close together. For
women the downward adjustment from AG2016 is clearly visible.
Table 8.5 lists the cohort life expectancies for AG2016, AG2018 and CBS2017-2060. The
differences between AG2018 and CBS2017-2060 in cohort life expectancy at age 65 are
moderate.
Year 2019
Projection
AG2016
AG2018
CBS2017
At birth
Males
90.4
Females
93.3
90.0 92.5 20.3
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20.3
Table 8.5 Life expectancies for AG2016, AG2018 and CBS2017
8.5 Link between life expectancy at age 65 and 1st and 2nd tier
retirement age
The Raising of the State Pension Retirement Age and Standard Pension Retirement Age Act
(Wet Verhoging AOW- en Pensioenrichtleeftijd) of 12 July 2012 links the first tier (State
pension) retirement age and the standard retirement age in the second tier (employers’
pension schemes) to period life expectancy.
Raising the State Pension age is done in three month steps and depends on the level of
the macro average remaining period life expectancy at age 65 (L), as estimated by CBS,
versus a value of 18.26 and on the difference between the then prevailing State Pension
retirement age and 65. The reference value of 18.26 is legally defined and based on CBS
observations in the period 2000-2009.
Because at the end of 2016 L was expected to exceed 20.51 years before 2022, an
increase in State Pension retirement age of a quarter of a year (0.25) was necessary
(because (20.51 – 18.26) – (67 – 65) equals 0.25), as was announced in 2016. No
increase was announced in 2017 for the year 2023.
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Results
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At age 65
Males
20.4
Females
23.5
23.1
22.8
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need to raise the State Pension retirement age to 67 years and 6 months applying the
formula above. This expectation concurs with the latest CBS forecast from 2017. By 1
January 2019 at the latest there will need to be clarity about the raise in 2024 based on
the recent CBS forecast.
Estimating the macro average remaining period life expectancy at age 65 for the years
after 2024 reveals the following years in which the State Pension age is expected to
increase by a full year4.
Expected State Pension
retirement age
68
69
70
71
CBS 2017-2060
2030
2039
2048
2057
AG2018
2029
2038
2047
2057
Table 8.6 Expected years in which the State Pension retirement age will have risen
by a full year according to the latest CBS and AG projections
The raising of the standard retirement age in the second tier is based on the same formula
as for the State Pension retirement age, except that by law expected increases in life
expectance are to be anticipated sooner.
Legislation states that a change in the standard retirement age must be announced at
least one year before it takes effect and that the macro average remaining life expectancy
at age 65 expected ten years after the implementation of a change is to be considered.
This means that, for instance, an adjustment to the standard retirement age in 2020 must
be announced prior to 1 January 2019 and that this adjustment is to be based on the
macro average remaining life expectancy at age 65 in 2030.
Based on Projections Life Table AG2018 L is not expected to have risen in 2030 to such an
extent that it would warrant a standard retirement age of 69 in 2020. A rise of the
standard retirement age to 69 not expected before 2028.
The developments of State Pension retirement age and standard retirement age based on
Projections Life Table AG2018 are summarised in the graph below.
4 – For the sake of
calculating simplicity
the macro average
remaining life
expectancy is defined
as the unweighted
average of male and
female life expectancy.
In reality more precise
weights would be
allocated, giving
women a slightly
higher influence. The
impact of this is
marginal.
Projection Table AG2018
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
2018
2022
2026
2030
2034
2038
Standard Retirement Age
State Pension Age
2042
2046
2050
Graph 8.4 Development of State Pension retirement age and standard retirement age
based on AG2018
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which means that differences in future State Pension and standard retirement ages will
not be very large.
8.6 Effects on provisions
In order to analyse the effects of Projections Life Table AG2018 on the technical provisions
of pension portfolios six fictitious example funds have been constructed. Three of the
funds have male participants and three have female participants. For both sexes a young,
an old and an average funds has been constructed. The average fund is the average of the
first two funds. These example funds were partly based on actual portfolios.
Besides an old age pension the example funds contain a latent survivor’s pension and a
survivor’s pension in payment. For male portfolios spouses receiving survivor’s benefits are
assumed to be females. For female portfolios the opposite applies. The benefits used are a
retirement benefit commencing at age 65 and an “unspecified partner” type survivor’s
benefit with a partner frequency of 100%.
A fixed age gap of 3 years is assumed between male and female partners, the male
partner being assumed older than the female. The effects are shown for interest rates
3 and 1%, so that the effects can be compared to the previous publication (AG2016).
Effect Technical
Provision
3% interest rate Young
OP (65)
NP
OP+NP
1% interest rate Young
OP (65)
NP
OP+NP
Males
Females
Average
Old
Young
Average
Old
-0.8% -0.7% -0.6% -2.0% -1.9% -1.8%
-1.2% -1.4% -1.5% 2.9% 2.4% 2.2%
-0.9% -0.9% -0.9% -1.3% -1.2% -1.2%
Old
Average
Young
Average
Old
-1.0% -0.9% -0.8% -2.5% -2.3% -2.2%
-1.8% -1.9% -2.0% 3.5% 2.8% 2.5%
-1.2% -1.2% -1.2% -1.7% -1.6% -1.6%
Table 8.7 Impact on model portfolio provisions of a transition from AG2016 to
AG2018 (difference AG2018 minus AG2016 expressed as percentage of AG2016). The
separate percentages as listed for OAP and SP do not add up to the percentages
listed for the OAP+SP combination. This is caused by the difference in the provisions
for the separate benefits
Table 8.7 indicates that the differences, in terms of provision, for men are limited. For an
average portfolio the provision will be reduced by about 1%. For women the impact is
higher (average reduction of 1.2 and 1.6% respectively). At 1% interest the low interest
rate creates an additional impact.
In table 8.8 the impact of AG2016 to AG2018 is split into 2 steps:
• Data update to ‘AG2017’, i.e. adding EU15 en NL16;
• Data update to AG2018, adding EU16 en NL17.
Projection Table AG2018
Results
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Males
3% interest rate Young Average
1)
AG2016 →
"AG2017" →
AG2016 →
Old
Females
Young Average
Old
OAP (65) -1.0% -0.9% -0.8% -1.7% -1.6% -1.5%
SP -0.5% -0.7% -1.0% 2.0% 1.6% 1.4%
"AG2017" OAP+SP -0.9% -0.9% -0.9% -1.1% -1.1% -1.1%
2)
OAP (65) 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% -0.3% -0.3% -0.3%
SP -0.7% -0.6% -0.6% 0.8% 0.8% 0.8%
AG2018 OAP+NP 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -0.1% -0.1% -0.1%
1) + 2)
OAP (65) -0.8% -0.7% -0.6% -2.0% -1.9% -1.8%
SP -1.2% -1.4% -1.5% 2.9% 2.4% 2.2%
AG2018 OAP+SP -0.9% -0.9% -0.9% -1.3% -1.2% -1.2%
Table 8.8 Impact on provisions for model portfolios of a transition from AG2016 to
AG2018, with AG2017 as intermediate step
This demonstrates that in the transition from AG2016 to AG2017 the increase in mortality
probabilities has a significant impact. What stands out is, that for men the provision for
both OAP and SP generally drops, while for women the SP provision goes up. Mortality
probabilities have risen for men and women. For SP this means that payment starts earlier
(increase), but then has a shorter payment period (decrease). The combination of both
effects is different for male and female portfolios, because in general the increase of
mortality probabilities is higher for women than for men. We also note that in tables 8.7
and 8.8 both latent SP and SP in payment are included and the change in technical
provision values is dependent on both.
Table 8.9 shows the effect on the separate benefits for various ages.
Males
3% interest rate
25
45
65
85
1% interest rate
25
45
65
85
OAP
Latent
SP
SP in
payment
OAP
Females
Latent
SP
SP in
payment
-1.3% 0.4% -0.5% -2.2% 8.4% -0.3%
-1.2% -0.3% -0.8% -2.1% 5.8% -0.5%
-0.5% -1.9% -1.4% -1.4% 4.1% -0.5%
0.3% -2.8% -1.5% -1.5% 2.6% 0.3%
SP in
OAP
Latent
SP
payment
OAP
Latent
SP
SP in
payment
-1.5% -0.9% -0.9% -2.6% 8.2% -0.5%
-1.3% -1.4% -1.3% -2.5% 5.7% -0.7%
-0.6% -2.6% -1.7% -1.7% 4.0% -0.6%
0.3% -3.0% -1.6% -1.6% 2.6% 0.3%
Table 8.9 Impact on provisions for individual benefits and ages of the transition
from AG2016 to AG2018 (difference AG2018 minus AG2016 expressed as a percentage
of AG2016)
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9 APPLICATIONS OF THE MODEL
Using a stochastic model offers additional possibilities for analysing mortality risks.
In particular, it is possible to gain insight into the variability on the values of
insurance portfolio obligations.
As Projections Life Table AG2018 is based on a stochastic model, a statement can be made
about the spread of future mortality probabilities around best estimates. The model used
not only generates best estimate mortality developments, but can also be used to analyse
the uncertainty in future scenarios, based on fluctuations observed in the historical data.
It is important to note that the uncertainty intervals presented in this chapter do not take
account of parameter or model uncertainty. That is to say, our calculations take the
assumed model and the estimated parameters as given fundamentals. Only mortality
probabilities are simulated and we assume that we can observe these mortality
probabilities exactly. We therefore do not take into account that in practice, working as
we do with finite populations, we have at our disposal not the exact mortality
probabilities, but only observed ones (the measurement or Poisson noise).
In this chapter a number of potential applications of the stochastic model are shown for
illustrational purposes. The results listed in this chapter are based on the model portfolios
also mentioned in chapter 8, see Appendix B.
Firstly, we show in paragraph 9.1 the confidence intervals around the life expectancy
produced by the model over the whole horizon.
In paragraph 9.2 we discuss the value of the obligations for all potential developments of
future mortality probabilities. While the best estimate value of obligations is attained by
using best estimate mortality probabilities, we also look at various possible scenarios for
mortality probability developments as given by the stochastic model. This provides an
insight into the potential increase of the value for the entire portfolio run off at for
instance the 95% quantile.
In practice, the stochastic distribution of the value of obligations after a one-year shock is
also often looked at. To do this, possible shocks during the first year are simulated. Then,
for each scenario (shock) the model is recalibrated after adding the new (simulated)
observation to the original data set. Based on parameters calibrated per scenario, best
estimate mortality probabilities are determined for the remaining years. Paragraph 9.3
shows the confidence intervals this yields for a one-year horizon. Paragraph 9.4 shows
the consequences of the resulting stochastic distribution of the value of obligations after a
one-year shock and recalibration.
Projection Table AG2018
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calculation of Solvency II buffers. Deriving the amount of capital to be held for mortality
risk solely from the spread that the stochastic model produces could lead to an
underestimation of the required capital, in view of what is mentioned above on
parameter uncertainty, model uncertainty and Poisson noise.
9.1 Simulations for life expectancy
Best estimate mortality probabilities can be obtained by assuming that future mortality
probabilities will develop according to the model equations from Appendix A, setting all
error terms to zero. It is also possible to simulate possible scenarios in which the error
terms are drawn from the multivariate normal distribution specified there.
On the basis of this, confidence intervals around life expectancy can be determined for the
whole horizon. The 95% confidence intervals for men and women are presented in the
graph below.
Period life expectancy at birth
90
85
80
Females
75
Males
70
95% confidence interval
Observations The Netherlands
Observations European selection
Projection The Netherlands
Projection European selection
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1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050
Graph 9.1 Confidence interval around the best estimate of the period life
expectancy for Dutch males and females
Graph 9.1 demonstrates that, as expected, the uncertainty in the projection of period life
expectancy increases as the projection moves further into the future.
The graph below shows the uncertainty in cohort life expectancy per age of Dutch men
and women in 2018.
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Males
Females
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80
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Present Age
Graph 9.2 Confidence interval around the best estimate cohort life expectancy of
Dutch males and females in 2018
Graph 9.2 shows that uncertainty decreases as age increases. This follows from the fact
that the number of years projected decreases as age goes up. Also visible is that life
expectancy decreases until age 60 and increases after that. Two effects play their parts
here. An older person has already survived a certain period, so life expectancy grows as
one ages. On the other hand, a younger person will benefit more from expected future
mortality improvements.
Please note that the confidence intervals presented only include uncertainty in future
mortality probabilities and do not apply to any single individual. As mortality probabilities
for, for instance, a 90-year-old change very little over time, we observe hardly any
differences for their expected age at death when we simulate all kinds of future scenarios
with our model. But of course this does not mean that the actual moment of death for a
90-year-old individual is already fixed. Low uncertainty in mortality probabilities does
not imply low uncertainty about the actual time of death of a single individual.
9.2 Simulations for obligations
For each of the mortality probability scenarios described in paragraph 9.1 the value of
obligations can be determined. By assessing all scenarios together a distribution of the
value of obligations is obtained. Table 9.1 lists the average and 95%, 97.5 and 99.5%
quantiles of the technical provision after simulating 10,000 such scenarios. The average
male and female model portfolios were used at fixed interest rates of 3% and 1%. The
results are expressed as a percentage of best estimate values.
Projection Table AG2018
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Life expectancy
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Interest 3%
Males
OAP
Standard deviation
Quantiles
50%
95%
97.50%
99.5%
SP OAP + SP OAP
Females
SP OAP + SP
2.2% 1.7% 1.4% 1.8% 2.1% 1.4%
99.9% 100.0% 100.0% 99.9% 100.0% 99.9%
103.5% 102.8% 102.2% 102.8% 103.5% 102.3%
104.2% 103.4% 102.7% 103.4% 104.2% 102.7%
105.5% 104.4% 103.4% 104.2% 105.6% 103.4%
Table 9.1 Results simulation of provisions at 3% interest for model portfolios
(males and females average)
Bij 1% rekenrente is de spreiding in de resultaten groter.
Uitkomsten simulatie VPV (in verhouding tot de best estimate)
Interest 1%
Males
OAP
Standard deviation
Quantiles
50%
95%
97.50%
99.5%
SP OAP + SP OAP
Females
SP OAP + SP
2.6% 2.0% 1.7% 2.2% 2.7% 1.8%
99.9% 100.0% 99.9% 99.9% 100.0% 99.9%
104.2% 103.3% 102.8% 103.5% 104.4% 102.9%
105.1% 104.0% 103.3% 104.2% 105.3% 103.5%
106.7% 105.3% 104.3% 105.3% 107.1% 104.4%
Table 9.2 Results simulation of provisions at 3% interest for model portfolios
(males and females average)
The distribution that ensues from the simulations strongly resembles a normal
distribution. As demonstrated in the tables above, the spread in the separate benefits is
much higher than in the OAP and SP combination, especially in the old age pensions for
men and survivor’s pensions for women.
As an example graph 9.3 shows the distribution of simulated values for OAP, SP and the
combination of both around the best estimate. The model portfolio is male average and
the interest rate is 3%. Please note that the distributions shown are not entirely regular
due to the inherent simulation uncertainty at 10,000 simulations.
Projection Table AG2018
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(interest 3%) for male average model portfolio
9.3 Simulations for life expectancy over a one-year horizon
As mentioned above, life expectancy can also be simulated after a shock in the first year,
including the impact of that shock on the best estimates for remaining years after
recalibration. On the basis of this life expectancy confidence intervals with a one-year
horizon can be determined. The 95% confidence intervals based on 5,000 scenarios are
represented in the graph below for men and women.
Period life expectancy at birth
90
85
80
Females
75
Males
70
95% confidence interval
Observations The Netherlands
Observations European selection
Projection The Netherlands
Projection European selection
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Graph 9.4 Confidence interval around the best estimate period life expectancy for
Dutch males and females, one-year horizon
Projection Table AG2018
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smaller that those for the complete run off (see graph 9.1). The reason for this is, that for
the one-year horizon only the uncertainty in the first projection year is included
(including the impact of this first year on the parameters), while in graph 9.1 the
uncertainty is represented across the whole run off period of the obligations.
The graph below shows the uncertainty in cohort life expectancy of Dutch men and
women in 2018, again over a one-year horizon.
Life expectancy in The Netherlands 2018
105
100
95% confidence interval
Males
Females
95
90
85
80
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Present Age
Graph 9.5 Confidence interval around the best estimate cohort life expectancy of
Dutch males and females in 2018, one-year horizon
Here too, the confidence intervals are shown to be significantly smaller for a one-year
horizon, compared to those of the complete run off (see graph 9.2).
Projection Table AG2018
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For each of the 5,000 mortality probability scenarios described in paragraph 9.4 the value
of obligations after recalibration can be determined, which will yield a distribution of the
value of obligations over a one-year horizon. The results of this are listed in the tables
below.
Results simulation of technical provision (relative to best estimate) over one year
Interest 3%
Males
OAP
Standard deviation
Quantile
50%
95%
97,50%
99,5%
SP OAP + SP OAP
Females
SP OAP + SP
0.7% 0.8% 0.5% 0.8% 1.1% 0.5%
100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
101.1% 101.3% 100.8% 101.2% 101.7% 100.8%
101.3% 101.5% 100.9% 101.5% 102.2% 101.0%
101.7% 102.0% 101.2% 101.9% 103.1% 101.3%
Table 9.3 Results simulation of provisions at 3% interest for model portfolios
(males and females average) over a one-year horizon
Results simulation of technical provision (relative to best estimate) over one year
Interest 1%
Males
OAP
Standard deviation
Quantile
50%
95%
97,50%
99,5%
SP OAP + SP OAP
Females
SP OAP + SP
0.8% 1.0% 0.6% 1.0% 1.3% 0.7%
100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
101.2% 101.6% 101.0% 101.5% 102.1% 101.1%
101.5% 101.9% 101.1% 101.8% 102.6% 101.2%
101.8% 102.4% 101.5% 102.3% 103.9% 101.6%
Table 9.4 Results simulation of provisions at 1% interest for model portfolios
(males and females average) over a one-year horizon
These results show that, as suggested by the results in paragraph 9.3, the spread over a
one-year horizon is much lower than in a simulation over all years.
The impact of the transition from AG2016 to AG2018 on provisions is listed in table 8.7 in
chapter 8. Because the transition from AG2016 to AG2018 adds on two years of new
observations, the impact must be split into the impact of the AG2016 to AG2017 and the
AG2017 to AG2018 transitions (see table 8.8 in chapter 8) to obtain a clean comparison.
Only then can we speak of the impact for a single year. It turns out that in the AG2016 to
AG2017 transition the observed impact on old age pensions for women just exceeds the
97.5 percentile. Other benefits remain within the 97.5% confidence interval. In the
AG2017 to AG2018 transition the results for all benefits are close to the 50% quantile. We
would again point out that the calculated one-year uncertainty only relates to uncertainty
in the development of mortality probabilities and does not take into account that the
observed mortality frequencies will not exactly match those mortality probabilities.
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Technical description
1 Li, N. and Lee, R. (2005) Coherent Mortality Forecasts for a Group of Populations: An Extension of the Lee-Carter Method. Demography 42(3), pp.
575-594.
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Mathematics and Economics 31, pp. 373-393.
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Covariance and Cholesky matrices
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8͠\s_\׉EAPPENDIX B
Model portfolio
The model portfolio contains only the benefits lifelong old age pension and lifelong
survivor pension. There are six model portfolios, which distinguish young/average/old and
male/female. Only multiples of 10 are included as ages of members, pensioners and
survivors.
The average portfolio is defined as the average of young and old. The benefits granted to
male participants (including widows’ benefits) are labelled as ‘male’ and the benefits
granted to female members (including widowers’ benefits) are labelled ‘female’.
The weighted average age for the various categories is listed in table B1.
Young
Males
Active and deferred members
Pensioners
Survivors (SP)
Females
Active and deferred members
Pensioners
Survivors (SP)
49.3
71.7
61.1
40.6
73.3
55.0
50.8
72.9
68.1
46.4
73.3
62.2
Table B1 Weighted average age in the model portfolios
The distribution in numbers is presented in tables B2 and B3.
Males Young
Males Average
30 500 350 0
40 1200 840 0
50 2000 1400 150
60 1800 1260 150
70 1500 800 100
80 300 150 50
90
0 0 0
(65) (def.) (i.p)
300 210 0
53.4
73.7
70.9
49.8
73.3
64.3
Average
Old
Males Old
Age OAP SP SP OAP SP SP OAP SP SP
(65) (def.) (i.p)
(65) (def.) (i.p)
100 70 0
850 595 0
1400 980 125
1800 1260 175
1650 950 250
550 275 175
50 25 50
Table B2 Number of members model portfolios males
500 350 0
800 560 100
1800 1260 200
1800 1100 400
800 400 300
100 50 100
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30 750 525 0
40 1000 700 0
50 500 350 50
60 200 140 50
70 100 50 0
80
50 20 0
(65) (def.) (i.p)
500 350 0
Females Old
Age OAP SP SP OAP SP SP OAP SP SP
(65) (def.) (i.p)
1000 700 0
1000 700 50
800 560 100
300 200 50
150 50 25
1000 700 0
1500 1050 50
1400 980 150
500 350 100
250 80 50
90 000 000 000
Table B3 Number of members model portfolios females
The technical provisions for these portfolios are calculated using the following
assumptions:
• Retirement age is 65 years;
• Payment is continuous;
• Survivor’s benefit is of the type ‘undefined partner’ until retirement date and ‘defined
partner’ thereafter;
• Partner frequency is 100% until retirement age;
• A partner’s gender is opposite to the member’s;
• In any partnership the man is three years older than the woman.
(65) (def.) (i.p)
250 175 0
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Literature and data used
This report makes use of the data as was available in the Eurostat, CBS (Statline) and
HMD databases at the end of May 2018.
[1] CBS data from Statline for 2017:
Exposures-to-Risk (P-values); version of 14 May 2018.
https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/37325/table?ts=1530795309853
Observed Deaths (C-values and D-values); version of 8 May 2018:
https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/37168/table?ts=1530802763004
[2] Eurostat data (data until 2016):
Exposures to Risk (demo_pjan) version of 27 February 2018:
http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=demo_pjan&lang=en
Observed Deaths (demo_mager en demo_magec) version of 15 March 2018:
http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=demo_mager&lang=en
http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=demo_magec&lang=en
[3] HMD-database:
http://www.mortality.org/
The table below shows for each geographical area and each year which data source was
used as input for the AG2018 model. The Eurostat data definition for France was changed
at the end of 2012: since that time it includes data from overseas territories. This was
compensated for by adding the difference between the two definitions as observed in
2012 to the Eurostat data in 2016.
GEO
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
(metropolitan)
Germany
(until 1990 former territory of the FRG)
Iceland
Ireland
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
2013
HMD
HMD
HMD6
HMD
HMD6
HMD
HMD6
HMD
HMD
HMD6
HMD
HMD
HMD
HMD6
2014
HMD
HMD
HMD6
HMD
HMD6
HMD
HMD6
HMD
HMD
HMD6
HMD
HMD
HMD
HMD6
HMD = Human Mortality Database, protocol v5
HMD6 = Human Mortality Database, protocol v6
EUROS = Eurostat
Statline = Statline
EUROS = Eurostat, modified
Table C1 Sources
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2015
EUROS
HMD
HMD6
HMD
HMD6
HMD
HMD6
EUROS
EUROS
HMD6
EUROS
HMD
EUROS
HMD6
2016
EUROS
EUROS
HMD6
EUROS
EUROS
EUROS
HMD6
EUROS
EUROS
HMD6
EUROS
HMD
EUROS
HMD6
2017
HMD-version
2015.09.02
2016.08.12
2018.04.23
2016.10.07
2017.09.26
2017.03.29
Statline
2018.03.26
2015.11.20
2015.10.19
2018.05.10
2015.08.28
2017.08.28
2016.05.20
2018.05.08
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Brouhns, N., Denuit, M. and Vermunt, J.K. (2002) A Poisson log-bilinear regression
approach to the construction of projected lifetables. Insurance: Mathematics and
Economics 31(3), pp. 373-393.
V. Kannisto. (1992). Development of the oldest – old mortality, 1950-1980: evidence
form 28 developed countries. Odense University Press.
N. Li and R Lee. (2005). Coherent Mortality Forecasts for a Group of Populations: An
Extension of the Lee-Carter Method. Demography 42(3), pp. 575-594
Teirlinck, A.C., van Asten, L., Brandsema, P.S., Dijkstra, F., Trab Damsgaard, M., van
Gageldonk-Lafeber, A.B., Hooiveld, M., de Lange, M.M.A., Marbus, S.D., Meijer, A., and
van der Hoek, W. (2017) Surveillance of influenza and other respiratory infections in the
Netherlands: winter 2016/2017, RIVM, Bilthoven.
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Glossary
State Pension retirement age
Age at which a person becomes eligible to receive State Pension retirement benefit (AOW).
This age is raised step by step from 65 to 67 in the period 2014 to 2021. Further increases
will depend on the future development of (estimated) life expectancy.
Best estimate
In this publication: the most likely value for a quantity subject to chance, such as a
mortality probability, the value of a product or portfolio etc.
Cohort life expectancy
Life expectancy based on a projections life table. This means that the life expectancy of an
individual is based on mortality probabilities from a mortality table corresponding to the
observation year in which that individual has a certain age.
Deterministic projections life table
Projections life table in which mortality rates for future years are determined on the basis
of a model that does allow for uncertainties. Hence there is 1 (deterministic) result.
Eurostat database
The database of Eurostat (the European Union’s bureau of statistics) offers a wide range of
data, for use by governments, companies, the education sector, journalists and the
broader public.
Human Mortality Database (HMD)
International database containing population and mortality data from over 35 countries
worldwide.
Survivor’s pension in payment (SP in payment)
An insurance where the surviving spouse (the co-insured) of the main insured person gets
periodic payments after the main insured person is deceased.
Kannisto closure of the table
A method to obtain mortality probabilities for high ages from mortality probabilities of
lower ages through extrapolation.
Deferred survivor’s pension (deferred SP)
An insurance – linked to old age pension – in which a provision is formed to pay out
periodic benefits to the survivor after the main insured person is deceased, as long as the
survivor lives.
Life expectancy
In most publications the term life expectancy denotes the expected (remaining) lifespan of
a new-born. The publication Projections Life Table AG2014 refers to remaining life
expectancy, because this term applies to any age. The term may denote to period life
expectancy or cohort life expectancy.
Projection Table AG2018
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An insurance where the insured participant (main insured person) receives periodic
benefit payments after reaching the retirement age for as long as that person lives.
Period life expectancy
Life expectancy based on a period life table.
Period life table
Mortality table based on actual mortality rates from one or more observation years. AG
bases its period life tables on actual mortality in the five most recent completed calendar
years. A period life table does not allow for mortality developments and thereby assumes
constant mortality probabilities in future years.
Projection period
The number of years for which –within the model- mortality figures are stated.
Projections life table
Mortality table in which mortality rates are given for each future year. This provides a
mortality probability for each combination of age and observation year. This offers the
possibility to calculate a remaining life expectancy for every age and every (future) starting
year.
Statline
Statline is the public database of Statistics Netherlands (CBS). It provides statistics on
economics, the Dutch population and our society.
Stochastic model
Model in which future mortality probabilities are not fixed, but are defined by means of
probability distributions.
Stochastic projections life table
Projections life table that results from using a stochastic model and hence assumes
different values in different realisations of the random variables (as can be seen in the
simulations).
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